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Explainer: What top Zelensky staffer's bail saga tells us about Ukraine's justice system
The release from custody of Iryna Mudra, a former head of the President’s Office, last week followed an unusual development. While Ukrainians had been previously accustomed to corruption suspects easily escaping justice, now the trend was the opposite. Mudra had the money to pay the bail but banks refused to process payments for posting it, fearing that they could be accused of taking part in money laundering. Furthermore, decreasing political protection for corruption suspects may motivate su
US threatens to cut intel sharing, arms shipments to Ukraine to protect Russian oil refineries, sources confirm
The Kyiv Independent has learned that the Trump administration threatened senior Ukrainian military and government officials in a push to protect Russian oil refineries. Two Ukrainian officials said their U.S. counterparts had made clear that Washington would hold Kyiv responsible if Russian energy infrastructure were struck during the recently announced ceasefire. "They called all the top military officials with threats," one Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent. "They're telling ever
Poland investigates alleged plot to kill prime minister, his deputy
"We are taking this matter very seriously," National Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said at a press briefing on Oct. 11.
New interceptor drone destroys two Russian Geran-5 drones in first week, Fedorov says
The successful test comes as Ukrainian cities are under repeated assault from Russia's new generation of jet-powered drones.
SBU detains 19-year-old suspected of plotting bomb attack on bus full of soldiers
The SBU said it had foiled a series of alleged terrorist plots prepared by Russian intelligence services in Rivne this year. Previous alleged plots targeted a park area and administrative buildings in the city center.
'A miracle that Dad didn't die today' — Russian daytime drone attack on Kyiv injures at least three
"I'm in shock... I don't know how to carry on. We're all exhausted," Kyiv resident Yuliia Sheremet told the Kyiv Independent as the Russian strike on Ukraine's capital injured her father and severely damaged her house.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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"These things are important now to put clearly on the record and, I believe, help voters in Germany and France understand that some of this politics is instigated via our enemies, namely Russia," media reports Burnham saying.
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